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fosdem2024

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-02-04T07:13:23+00:00

Fosdem 2024

General

Type	Descripion
Conference	Fosdem
Year	2024
Description	Free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Attendees (BSDCafe)	gyptazy, tara

Insights & Summary

FOSDEM is an annual event that gathers open-source enthusiasts, developers, and communities from around the world. It usually takes place in Brussels, Belgium. The event typically spans a weekend and features a diverse range of presentations, workshops, and discussions covering various aspects of open-source software, technology, and related topics.

Participants at FOSDEM often include representatives from major open-source projects, as well as independent developers and contributors. The event is known for its decentralized and community-driven structure, with multiple tracks running concurrently, covering topics such as programming languages, operating systems, networking, security, and more.

Attendees have the opportunity to engage with experts, learn about the latest developments in open-source technologies, and network with like-minded individuals. FOSDEM has gained a reputation for its inclusivity and collaborative spirit, making it a significant annual gathering for the open-source community.

NetBSD 30th Anniversary

The open-source community gathered in Brussels, Belgium, to hear a talk about the 30th-anniversary celebration of NetBSD (in 2023) at the renowned FOSDEM event. The occasion marked three decades of resilience, collaboration, and innovation within the NetBSD project, one of the oldest and most versatile free and open-source Unix-like operating systems.

The conference hall buzzed with excitement as enthusiasts, developers, and long-time contributors eagerly awaited the keynote speaker, Benny Sieger, a distinguished figure in the NetBSD community. The stage was set, adorned with banners and imagery showcasing the evolution of NetBSD since its inception.

Benny Sieger, a core member of the NetBSD project and an instrumental figure in its development, took the stage amidst a warm round of applause. With a smile reflecting years of dedication, he began to reminisce about the early days of NetBSD, its humble beginnings, and the challenges the community overcame to reach this significant milestone.

“Thirty years ago,” Benny started, “a small group of passionate individuals embarked on a journey to create a free, portable, and secure Unix-like operating system. Little did we know that this journey would lead to the vibrant community and robust platform we have today.”

Benny Sieger's talk delved into the history of NetBSD, highlighting key milestones, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts that shaped its development. He spoke about the project's commitment to portability, emphasizing how NetBSD's design principles had allowed it to run on a wide range of hardware architectures, from the smallest embedded systems to powerful servers.

As Benny continued, he also acknowledged the diverse community that had formed around NetBSD. He shared stories of contributors from around the world, each bringing unique perspectives and skills to the project. The audience listened attentively, gaining insights into the collaborative spirit that had sustained NetBSD over the years.

froscon2023

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-02-04T07:07:06+00:00

Froscon 2023

General

Type	Descripion
Conference	Froscon
Year	2023
Description	Free and Open Source Software Conference
Location	Sankt Augustin, Germany
Attendees (BSDCafe)	gyptazy

Insights & Summary

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riscv64

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-02-01T15:24:15+00:00

RISCV64 - Reduced Instruction Set Computer

General

A Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) is a type of microprocessor architecture that simplifies the instruction set of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) to enhance performance and efficiency. In contrast to Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) architectures, which have a large and varied set of instructions, RISC architectures focus on a smaller, more streamlined set of instructions that can be executed in a single clock cycle. This approach aims to accelerate the execution of instructions by minimizing the complexity of each instruction and optimizing the overall performance of the CPU. RISC architectures often prioritize simple instructions, high clock speeds, and efficient pipelining, making them well-suited for tasks that require fast and efficient processing, such as in embedded systems and certain types of computing applications.

Benefits

The adoption of open and free chip designs, particularly those based on the RISC architecture, comes with several notable benefits:

Community Collaboration: Open chip designs encourage collaboration within the global community of developers, researchers, and engineers. This collaborative approach often leads to shared knowledge, expertise, and innovations, fostering a more dynamic and rapidly evolving ecosystem.

Customization and Adaptability: Users have the flexibility to customize and adapt open chip designs according to their specific needs. This adaptability is especially valuable for various applications, as users can tailor the architecture to optimize performance for specific workloads or integrate additional features.

Cost Efficiency: Open chip designs can potentially reduce the cost of development, as they eliminate the need for licensing fees associated with proprietary architectures. This cost-effectiveness can benefit both large companies and smaller entities looking to enter the market with innovative hardware solutions.

Transparency and Security: The transparency of open chip designs allows for thorough examination of the architecture, fostering trust in the hardware's functionality and security. Security vulnerabilities can be identified and addressed more effectively when the design is open to scrutiny, reducing the risk of hidden or malicious features.

Educational Opportunities: Open chip designs provide valuable educational resources for students, researchers, and enthusiasts interested in studying computer architecture. Access to the underlying design facilitates learning, experimentation, and innovation within academic and hobbyist communities.

Long-Term Sustainability: Open chip designs contribute to long-term sustainability by avoiding dependency on a single vendor or proprietary technology. This independence allows for continued development and support even if the original creators cease their involvement, ensuring the longevity of the technology.

Easier Integration: As open chip designs are not bound by proprietary restrictions, they can be more easily integrated with other open-source components and technologies. This facilitates the creation of comprehensive, interoperable systems that leverage the advantages of multiple open-source solutions.

Global Accessibility: Open chip designs promote accessibility on a global scale. They can be freely distributed and shared, enabling widespread adoption and use across different regions and industries. This accessibility fosters diversity in hardware solutions and encourages innovation on a broader scale.

Hardware / Boards

Board	Manufacture	Memory	CPU	Benchmark (Geekbench 6)	Review	Price
VisionFive2	StarFive	4GB / 8GB	JH7110	SC 74 - MC 219	@gyptazy	4GB: 80$ 8GB: 100$
LicheePi 4a	Sipeer	4GB / 8GB / 16GB	TH1520	SC 129 - MC 368		4GB: NA 8GB: 119$ 16GB: 190$
Milk-V Mars	milkv	2GB / 4GB / 8GB	JH7110	SC 74 - MC 218		2GB: 35$ 4GB: NA 8GB: NA
BeagleV	BeagleBoard	4 GB	TH1520	SC 127		150$

Resources

Software

External Software

Software	Description	OS	Version	Download
snac	An Activity Pub server instance for the Fediverse	FreeBSD	14	cdn.gyptazy.ch
snac	An Activity Pub server instance for the Fediverse	Debian	12	cdn.gyptazy.ch

Community / Chat

The BSD Cafe community is also activly working on and with RISCV64 based systems and happy to see new faces. If you like to hear more or just to discuss about RISCV64 specific things, feel free to join our Matrix channel.

Channel	Server	Moderators
#riscv64:bsd.cafe	bsd.cafe	@stefano:bsd.cafe @gyptazy:gyptazy.ch

service-requests

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-06T10:38:24+00:00

Service Requests

This page is used to track what services the community has the most interest in and whether or not they are viable additions to the BSD Café services.

Availability

In this section, the BSD Café Barista can place notes regarding current availability. Hardware, network or time resources may be limited in a given period, making it unlikely that new services will be added.

No availability notes are in effect

This is meant as added context for someone considering creating a new request or waiting for a request to be evaluated. It should not be interpreted as discouragement to add a new request.

Requests

To add your vote to an existing request, just edit this page and add your signature to the list under the corresponding service, below the last vote. To add a new request, add an item to the list. Optionally, you can make the item a hyperlink to the service's website. Immediately below it, add a sub-item with your signature.

GitHub theme for brew.bsd.cafe
1. — 0x1eef 2024/11/04 12:17—

To add a signature, use the “Insert signature” button in the wiki editor toolbar. Any BSD Café member is eligible to vote (meaning anyone with an account on one of the services provided by BSD Café).

By default, the wiki software will link your username to your email. Feel free to remove the hyperlink and leave only your username if you'd rather not have that being public.

If you don't have an account on this wiki, you can simply create one. If for whatever reason you would rather not do that, you can contact jutty directly to have the vote added on your behalf. This may be done over BSD Café's Mastodon/snac or Matrix. The contact information is in the linked profile. Your handle will be displayed in the list above to identify your vote.

Approved requests

Wallabag - online at https://press.bsd.cafe
1. — jutty 2024/11/02 23:36
2. — 0x1eef 2024/11/04 11:50

Archived requests

Requests that were archived, meaning they will not be added to the currently offered services, and the reasons behind the decision.

No archived requests yet

This avoids repeated requests but also keeps a record in case the request is reevaluated in the future.

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-04-14T09:15:46+00:00

Documentation

General

Documentation plays a crucial role in the realm of open source and community-driven projects, serving as a linchpin for successful collaboration and knowledge dissemination. In the open-source ecosystem, where transparency and accessibility are paramount, comprehensive documentation acts as a roadmap, guiding contributors and users through the intricacies of the project. It not only facilitates smoother onboarding for new participants but also ensures the sustainability of the project by preserving institutional knowledge. Documentation acts as the lifeblood of open-source initiatives and community-driven projects, fostering collaboration, empowering users, and ensuring the longevity and vibrancy of the software ecosystem. Its importance extends beyond mere technicalities, shaping the culture of open source by promoting transparency, accessibility, and the free exchange of knowledge.

Available Documents

Conferences

Meetings

Weekly: BSD Pub (Off-topic & BSD related topics)

Contributing

In the vibrant world of open-source projects, one of the most rewarding experiences is witnessing individuals actively contributing to a shared vision. The joy derived from seeing people contribute goes beyond the practical benefits of code additions; it encompasses a celebration of community, collaboration, and the collective spirit of building something meaningful together. Feel free to add any related documentation!

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-04-25

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-04-25T21:03:23+00:00

Introduction

General

Meeting: BSD Pub
Date: 2024-04-25

This site represents the upcoming agenda for topics we want to discuss in the next upcoming and related meeting. Everyone may add additional topics here that may matter to be discussed within the group. Meeting minutes (if valuable) will be added after the meeting.

Agenda

* Welcoming everyone
* Discussion about the meeting system (shall we keep jitis, maybe another instance, maybe something completley differen)?
* Do we need a second or maybe even third meeting timeslot to cover all the different timezones?
* Do we want to have records in future or to keep it private since all deep tech talks have dedicated talks that are recorded? Keep in mind, that this call should just make fun. No pressure, espeically not by being recorded.
* BoxyBSD - Next steps

Meeting Minutes

* Introduction (ideas behind this meeting, motivation)
* BoxyBSD (securing the service from being abused, authentication methods)
* BSD Cafe insights: How it had to deal with being abused
* Bringing more people into BSD (especially FreeBSD). How to provide more awareness
* Lacks of FreeBSD
* Potential software where already is being worked at for making things easier
* Upcoming new BSD Cafe services

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-02

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-04-25T21:07:12+00:00

Introduction

General

Meeting: BSD Pub
Date: 2024-05-02

Agenda

* Current Progress of BoxyBSD (postponed to 2024-05-09)
* Status of the new BSD Cafe git service
* Status of Elixir/Phoenix

Meeting Minutes

TBD

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-09

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-23T15:20:20+00:00

Introduction

General

Meeting: BSD Pub
Date: 2024-05-09

Agenda

* BSDPub Session Recording & Publishing
* Current Progress of BoxyBSD
* Status of the new BSD Cafe services
* Status of Freedive (postponed to next week)

Meeting Minutes

* BSDPub meetings will be recorded and shared on PeerTube and YouTube

This meeting already got recorded

* BoxyBSD insights and ideas
* Plans for ARM64 support
* Plans for IRC-V support (and why it won't happen in the near future)
* BSDCafe Services
* brew.bsd.cafe as a new GIT service got announced
* myip.bsd.cafe as a new service which returns the IP address of the client (e.g. DynDNS usage)
* Container / Jails / VMs
* Discussion about the current situation in FreeBSD
* Different Jail managers
* bhyve vs Proxmox
* bhyve in customer setups
* bhyve in jails (dependency management)
* bhyve control panels (bhyve-webadmin / BVCP)

Recording:

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-16

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-23T15:19:58+00:00

Introduction

General

Meeting: BSD Pub
Date: 2024-05-16

Agenda

* Freedive presentation (by Hiway) [postponed to 2024-05-23]
* Pubstyle Meeting

Meeting Minutes

* Discussions about different topics in general
* BoxyBSD new beta service of free, public shells
* BoxyBSD new server systems
* BoxyBSD RISC-V support
* BSDCafe Brew (git) service
* BSDCafe Services in general
* Backup solutions and importance of service (A few participants gave insights in their backup solutions)
⇒ Next call we will focus on backup solutions

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-23

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-06-13T17:17:54+00:00

Introduction

General

Meeting: BSD Pub
Date: 2024-05-23

Agenda

* Freedive presentation (by Hiway)
* Backup Solutions (in general, but also BSD focsued)

Meeting Minutes

* Hiway gave us a pretty nice presentation about his newly written Freedive project which aims to help beginners to get started with FreeBSD. Freedive provides a gui for system administration- & orchesstration.
* Stefano gave us a pretty nice presentation about how serious he takes backups for the BSDCafe. He showed us the way how he does it and also how to handle the multi offsite backups.

Recordings

* Freedive Introduction by Harshad - BSDPub Meeting - 23/05/2024

* Stefano's introduction to the BSD Cafe backup strategies

weekly-bsdpub

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-02T20:43:43+00:00

Weekly BSD Pub

General

Looking to unwind and chat with fellow BSD enthusiasts in a relaxed atmosphere? Look no further! Our weekly meet-up offers the perfect opportunity to kick back, grab a virtual pint, and dive into all things BSD. The BSD Pub is the late time version of the BSD Cafe where we can have a relaxing athmosphere in the evening - just like sitting in the pub and chatting to random people about anything. Whether you're a seasoned BSD veteran or just dipping your toes into the world of *nix systems, everyone is welcome! Share your experiences, ask questions, or simply shoot the breeze with like-minded individuals. From the latest BSD developments to off-topic discussions about tech, hobbies, or whatever strikes your fancy, there's no shortage of interesting conversations to be had. So mark your calendars and swing by for a laid-back evening of camaraderie and good vibes. See you at the virtual pub!

Rules

The community always managed to be self-organized and the same applies to this chat. We highly want to avoid any moderation in form language etc. Be polite, don't swear too much and stay away from harassment. I'm sure we can keep it without any further moderation. We like to see the people behind the nick names, so it's appreciated to activate the webcam. If you don't want to (doesn't matter if you're shy or for privacy reasons), it's also fine. If you just want to listen, it's ok! If you feel comfortable you can just jump in! This call is just to have some fun, have some high level discussions and should not relate into deep dive tech talks that only a few ones can follow. And of course, this call shouldn't make any pressure to anyone. Keep it simple: jump in, chat and have fun.

Overview

Type	Description
Occurency	Weekly
Day	~~Thursdays~~ (temporarily suspended)
Time	~~7:00 PM (GMT+2 / Berlin Summertime)~~
Location	https://meet.gyptazy.ch/BSDPub
iCal File	BSDPubWeekly.ics

BSD Cafe Wiki - docs

fosdem2024

Fosdem 2024

General

Insights & Summary

NetBSD 30th Anniversary

froscon2023

Froscon 2023

General

Insights & Summary

riscv64

RISCV64 - Reduced Instruction Set Computer

General

Benefits

Hardware / Boards

Resources

Software

Community / Chat

service-requests

Service Requests

Availability

Requests

Approved requests

Archived requests

start

Documentation

General

Available Documents

Conferences

Meetings

Contributing

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-04-25

Introduction

General

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-02

Introduction

General

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-09

Introduction

General

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-16

Introduction

General

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-05-23

Introduction

General

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

weekly-bsdpub

Weekly BSD Pub

General

Rules

Overview

Agenda/Meetings Minutes